10 Successful People Who Don’t Sleep Much Ever wondered how many hours of sleep successful people get every night in order to have the level of success they now enjoy? It’s been long stated that on average, humans need 8 hours of sleep in order to function effectively the next day. Well, for those eager to start the day and get ahead of the competition, 8 hours of rest is considered too much for them! 1 | Barack Obama He is the 44th and current President of the United States. Interviews with the man say he stays up until 1:00 a.m and wakes up at 7:00 a.m. Other days, he is less fortunate to get his 6 hours of sleep due to unexpected, sudden crisis in the middle of the night that requires the President’s attention. 2 | Marissa Mayer CEO of Yahoo, Mayer is a savvy woman who understands the importance of working hard and besting the competition. Reports say that she sleeps as little as 4 to 6 hours on any given night. She supplements her sleeping habits with a nice relaxing vacation every 4 months that recharges her batteries. On some weeks, she may work as much as 130 hours, which leaves only 38 hours of sleep or roughly 5 and a half hours of sleep per day. 3 | Jack Dorsey .Jack is the founder of Twitter and Square CEO. Having to maintain two companies at the same time leaves him with many restless nights. Jack Dorsey recently mentioned to Kara Swisher that he spends a good 8 to 10 hours at Twitter, and another 8 to 10 hours at Square every day. That leaves him an average of 4 to 6 hours of sleep a night. He has managed to build one of the most successful social networking websites to date. 4 | Donald Trump Mr. Trump is the chairman of The Trump Organization. According to ‘The Daily News’, Donald Trump states that sleep and success don’t co-exist with one another. Simply, he quotes, “How does somebody that’s sleeping 12 and 14 hours a day compete with someone that’s sleeping three or four?” He also acknowledged that much of the success he’s had was a result of sleeping 3 to 4 hours a night. 5 | Jay Leno If youve ever watched TV at night, then there’s a good chance youve seen Jay Leno on television. He is the host of ‘The Tonight Show’. On top of being a host, Jay Leno tours the comedy circuit to average over 150 gigs a year. Jay Leno sleeps roughly 5 hours each night. 6 | Herb Kelleher Co-founder of Southwest Airlines, Herb Kelleher was reported to have slept a maximum of 4 hours a night. That was during his prime years of running his company. After all the long hours he sacrificed for his company, it had finally paid off. He is now retired, happy, and wealthy. 7 | Bill Clinton Bill Clinton was the 42nd U.S. President of the United States. During his presidency years, Mr. Clinton was well known for having slept only 5 to 6 hours per night. This habit of sleeping less had developed when a professor at Georgetown told him that, “Great men require less sleep.” 8 | Kelly Ripa She is the host of ‘Live! With Kelly and Michael’. Kelly Ripa is also a mother of 3 kids, and owns a production company with her husband Mark Consuelos. In order to maintain her level of success, she has had to pull off late nights and early mornings. An interview with ‘Good Housekeeping’ revealed that Kelly sleeps at around midnight to 1:00 a.m. and is up shortly after 6:00 a.m. 9 | Martha Stewart Martha Stewart is the founder of Martha Stewart Omnimedia. Her company produces 4 different magazines, ‘Martha Stewart Living’, ‘Everyday Food’, ‘Weddings’, and ‘Whole Living’. She also has her own TV and radio show, as well as her own products shelved in stores across the globe. According to CNN, she sleeps no more than 4 hours a night. She is a testament that passion can truly translate into success and fortune. 10 | Thomas Edison Thomas Edison is a historical figure, and a famous inventor who invented the light bulb that we still use to this day. According to ‘The New York Times’, Thomas only required 3 to 4 hours of sleep a night. Thomas Edison states that sleep is “a heritage from our cave days.” So there you have it folks, 10 successful people who don’t sleep much at all. And the list goes on… When every minute can be spent to ensure a brighter future, why waste that time sleeping? There is nothing productive about sleeping any more than 8 hours a day. And on some days, you might have to sleep 6 hours, or even 4! On some nights, you may have to avoid sleep completely, because that’s the price you must pay when you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe!
Posted on: Thu, 15 May 2014 14:50:22 +0000
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